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Human Rights Monitoring Group

The Human Rights Monitoring Group (the "Monitoring Group") is a group of benchers of the Law Society of Ontario appointed by Convocation to monitor human rights violations that target members of the legal profession and the judiciary as a result of the discharge of their legitimate professional duties.

The mandate of the Human Rights Monitoring Group is:

  • to review information that comes to its attention about human rights violations that target members of the profession and the judiciary, here and abroad, as a result of the discharge of their legitimate professional duties;
  • to review information that comes to its attention about human rights violations that target human rights defenders in the same event or circumstances as a member of the legal profession or the judiciary as described above;
  • to determine if the matter is one that requires a response from the Law Society; and
  • to prepare a response for review and approval by Convocation.

The mandate further states that where Convocation's meeting schedule makes such a review and approval impractical, the Treasurer may review such responses in Convocation's place and take such steps, as he or she deems appropriate. In such instances, the Human Rights Monitoring Group shall report on the matters at the next meeting of Convocation.

Human Rights Monitoring Group members:
Tanya Walker (Chair)
Annamaria Enenajor
Shalini Konanur

Deborah Moriah
Natalia Rodriguez
Doug Wellman 

Sources of information:
The Monitoring Group relies on information provided by external organizations dedicated to promoting the rule of law and human rights internationally.

Promoting Access to Justice

 In June 2014, the Human Rights Monitoring Group released its Facilitating International Access to Justice Through Intervention report - updated February 2017. The report provides an overview of the Human Rights Monitoring Group's work over the years, from an access to justice perspective, by outlining the types of clients that persecuted lawyers serve. Lawyers who are persecuted by authorities are often advocates for human rights. They also represent vulnerable clients who have no other access to legal services. Judges are also included in the report. Most often presiding judges who are persecuted in the course of their duties focus on facilitating access to justice by advocating for an independent judiciary and promoting the rule of law.

Letters of Intervention Public Statements

Algeria: Abderramane and Boumerdesi (February 2007) 

Algeria: Ahmine Noureddine (April 2018)

Argentina: Nisman (April 2015)

Azerbaijan: Aliyev (October 2014)

Azerbaijan: Elchin Sadigov (January 2017)

Bahrain: Al Tajer (May 2011)

Bahrain: Al Tajer (September 2012)

Bahrain: Taimoor Karimi (July 2016)

Bangladesh: Adilur Rahman Khan (October 2017)

Bangladesh: Mir Ahmed Bin Quasem (February 2017)

Belarus: Leonid Sudalenko and Anatoly Poplavnyi (May 2017)

Belarus: Oleg Volchek (May 2017)

Belarus: Zeltser  (June 2008)

Brazil: Judges (November 2011)

Burundi: Disbarment of lawyers Vital Nshimirimana, Armel Niyongere, Dieudonné Bashirahishize and suspension of lawyer Lambert Nigarura (February 2017)

Cameroon: Felix Agbor Balla (February 2017)

Cameroon: Justice Paul Ayah Abine (May 2017)

Cameroon: Michel Togué (June 2017

China: Gao Zhisheng (October 2017)

China: Guangcheng (October 2006)

China: Guo Feixiong (aka yang Maodong) (January 2009)

China: Jiang Tianyong (February 2017)

China: Jiang Tianyong (October 2017)

China: Jiang Tianyong (February 2018)

China: Jiang Tianyong Appendix 1 (February 2018)

China: Jiang Tianyong Appendix 2 (February 2018)

China: Lawyers intimidated for taking cases of victims of contaminated milk (November 2008)

China: Li Chunfu (May 2017)

China: Li Heping (May 2017)

China: Li Jinxing (February 2017)

China: Li Yuhan  (November 2017)

China: Ni Yulan (September 2013)

China: Ni Yulan (June 2016)

China: Ni Yulan (February 2018)

China: Pu Zhiqiang (September 2014)

China: Pu Zhiqiang (February 2016)

China: Shu Xiangxin (March 2016)

China: Sui Muqing (February 2018)

China: Tang Jingling (September 2014)

China: Violations against lawyers (October 2007)

China: Violations against lawyers (April 2008)

China: Yu Wensheng (February 2018)

China: Wang Qiushi (March 2016)

China: Wang Quanzhang (October 2017)

China: Xu Zhiyong (February 2014)

China: Xia Lin (December 2016)

China: Xie Yang and detention of lawyer Chen Jiangang (May 2017)

China: Zhang Kai (May 2016)

China: Zhisheng (October 2006)

China: Zhisheng (May 2007)

China: Zhisheng (April 2014)

China (Hong Kong): Benny Tai (May 2017)
China (Hong Kong): Jonathan Ross, Selma Masood, Hong Kong Law Society (September 2021)
China (Hong Kong): Arrest of Trustees (July 2022)

Colombia: Duarte (January 2011)

Colombia: Jhon Fredy Concha Valbuena and Jorge Enrique Belalcázar Gutierrez (May 2017)

Colombia: Munera (June 2010)

Colombia: Torres (May 2012)

Colombia: Yessika Hoyos (September 2016)

Congo: Mpolo-Nene (February 2007)

Congo: Mubalama (June 2008)

Congo: Jean Kisumbule Muteba (July 2016)

Congo: Sylva Mbikayi (August 2017)

Dominican Republic: Noemi Mendez (February 2017)

Dominican Republic: Yuniol Ramirez Ferreras (January 2018)

Egypt: Azza Soliman (June 2016)

Egypt: Azza Soliman (April 2018)

Egypt: Bastawissi and El-Baroudi (March 2008)

Egypt: El-Massry (June 2014) 

Egypt: El-Massry (July 2015)
Egypt: Ezzat Ghonim (April 2018)

Egypt: Ibrahim Metwally Hegazy (October 2017)

Egypt: Malek Adly (February 2017)

Egypt: Mohamed Ramadan (May 2017)
Egypt: Mohamed El-Baqer (November 2021)

Egypt: Negad El-Borai (July 2016)

Egypt: Yara Sallam (November 2014)

Equatorial Guinea: Nsue Nguema (November 2012)

Gabon: Eric Iga Iga (February 2017)

Georgia: Getsadze (February 2007)

Guatemala: Judge Aguilar (June 2014)

Guatemala: Pedro Rafael Maldonado Flores (May 2017)

Guatemala: Ramon Cadena Ramila (December 2016)

Greece: Electra Koutra (January 2017)

Haiti: Michel (November 2013)

Haiti: St-Juste and Michel (October 2012)

Honduras: Association for a More Just Society (ASJ) (January 2011)

Honduras: Cabrera (November 2012)

Honduras: Diaz Garcia (February 2007)

India: Mohammad, Shoaib, Jilani and Faridi (November 2008)

India: Rajat Kalsan (January 2018)

India: Shalini Gera and Isha Khandelwal (February 2016)

India: Umakanta Meitei (November 2006)

Indonesia: Alldo Fellix Januardy (June 2016)

Indonesia-Alldo Fellix Januardy (April 2018)

Indonesia: Kawer (November 2014)

Indonesia: Tigor Gempita Hutapea and Obed Sakti Andre Dominika (May 2016)

Iran: Ebadi (June 2008)

Iran: Esmaeilzadeh (June 2014)

Iran: Kamrani (February 2007)

Iran: Kian (November 2010)

Iran: Karbasi, Kianersi, Sabaghian, Sadr and Sotoudeh (January 2011)

Iran: Kian, Soltani and Sotoudeh (April 2012)

Iran: Lawyers (November 2011)

Iran: Mohammadi (January 2015)

Iran: Seifzadeh (April 2013)

Iran: Soltani (February 2007)

Iran: Sotoudeh (September 2010)

Iran: Sotoudeh (October 2013)

Iran: Sotoudeh (December 2014)

Iran: Yadollahi (April 2014)

Iran: Zarafshan (February 2007)

Israel: Muhammed Allan (October 2017)

Kenya: Ndubi (March 2008)

Kenya: Simon Lilan (February 2017)

Kenya: Willie Kimani (August 2016)

Kazakhstan: Talgat Ayanov (May 2017)

Kyrgyzstan: Asanov (November 2010)

Kyrgyzstan: Vakhitov (July 2015)

Lesotho: Haae Phoofolo, Christopher Lephuthing, Koili Ndebele, Khotso Nthontho and Tumisang Mosotho (March 2016)

Libya: Bugaighis (August 2014)

Malaysia: Adilur Rahman Khan (October 2017)

Malaysia: Karen Cheah Yee Lynn, Charles Hector, Francis Pereira, and Shanmugam Ramasamy (May 2016)

Malaysia: Singh (April 2014)

Malaysia: Surendran (November 2014)

Malaysia: N. Surendran (August 2016)

Malaysia: Uthayakumar, Manoharan, Kenghadharan, Ganabati Rao (June 2008)
Myanmar: Arrest and detention of lawyers and law students (March 2021)

Myanmar: Disbarred Lawyers (April 2012)

Myanmar: Khin Khin Kyaw (February 2016)

Myanmar: Nyi Niy Htwe, Saw Kyaw Kyaw Min, U Aung Thein and U Khin Maung Shein  (January 2009)

Myanmar: Robert Sann Aung (May 2017)

Myanmar: Saw Kyaw Kyaw Min (September 2012)
Myanmar: Thein Hlaing Tun and Ayeyar Lin Htut (June 2021)

Myanmar: U Ko Ni (February 2017)

Nauru: Magistrates (February 2014)

Nepal: Basnet (October 2007)

Nepal: Chief Justice Sushila Karki (June 2017)

Niger:  Lirwana Abdourahmane (May 2018)

Nigeria: Lawyers (February 2014)

Pakistan: Bilal Anwar Kasi and Lawyers in Pakistan (August 2016)
Pakistan: Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali (July 2013)

Pakistan: Jahangir - letter to Prime Minister (July 2012)
Pakistan: Jahangir - letter to President Minister (July 2012)
Pakistan: Jahangir - letter to Army Staff (July 2012)

Pakistan: Muhammad Jan Gigyani (May 2017)

Pakistan: Rehman (June 2014)

Pakistan: Judges (March 2017)

Pakistan: threat of disbarment against lawyers (May 2017)

Peru: Soberon (June 2008)

Philippines_Arlan Castañeda (February 2017)

Philippines: Dannug-Salucon (June 2014)

Philippines: Mia Mascariñas-Green (May 2017)

Philippines: Senator Leila de Lima (May 2017)

Russia: Bakhrom Khamroev (February 2017)

Russia: Emil Kurbedinov (May 2017)

Russia: Magomedova (November 2010)

Russia: Magomedova (April 2012)

Russia: Magomedova (July 2013)

Russia: Moiseyev and Akimtseva (January 2015)

Saudi Arabia: Al Khair (March 2015)

Saudi Arabia: Al-Lahem (January 2008)

Saudi Arabia: Al Rumaih, Al Sobaihi and Alnogaithan (December 2014)

Saudi Arabia: Waleed Abu al-Khair (October 2014)

Saudi Arabia: Waleed Abu al-Khair (March 2015)

South Sudan: Dong Samuel Luak (February 2018)

South Sudan: Dong Samuel Luak for Kenya (February 2018)

Spain: Garzon (April 2012)

Sri Lanka: Bandaranayake (January 2013)

Sri Lanka: Dr. Nimalka Fernando (February 2014)
Sri Lanka: Hizbullah (June 2021)

Sudan: Ali, Souraj, Alsemani, Dafaalla, Badawi (October 2006)

Sudan: Dr. Amin Mekki Medani (January 2015)

Sudan: Lawyers (September 2012)

Sudan: Nabeel Adib Abdallah (July 2016)

Sudan: Sharief (November 2013)

Sudan: Tasneem Ahmed Taha El Zaki (May 2017)

Swaziland: Maseko (April 2014)

Syria: al-Bunni (November 2006)

Syria: al-Bunni (March 2008)

Syria: al-Hassani (February 2010)

Syria: al-Maleh (February 2010)

Syria: Khalil Ma'touq (July 2013)

Syria: Khalil Ma’Touq (February 2016)

Syria: Moustafa (January 2011)

Syria: Razan Zaitouneh (February 2016)

Tajikistan: Buzurgmehr Yorov (February 2016)

Tajikistan: Buzurgmehr Yorov and Nuriddin Makhkamov (January 2017)

Tajikistan: Buzurgmehr Yorov (June 2017)

Tajikistan: Buzurgmehr Yorov (January 2018)

Tajikistan: Fayzinisso Vohidova (June 2017)

Tajikistan: Jamshed Yorov (December 2016)

Tajikistan: Kudratov (March 2015)

Tajikistan: Muazzamakhon Kadirova (Muazzama Qodirova) (June 2017)

Tunisia: Abbou (October 2006)

Thailand: Prawet Prapanukul (May 2017)

Thailand: Robert Amsterdam (August 2011)

Thailand: Sirikan Charoensiri (May 2016)

Turkey: 37 lawyers detained (January 2018)

  Turkey: 227 judges and prosecutors (May 2017)

Turkey: Demir (April 2014)

Turkey: Erbey (June 2014)

Turkey: İştar Gözaydin (February 2017)

Turkey: Kalayci (February 2010)

Turkey: Lawyers (October 2012)

Turkey: Lawyers (February 2013)

Turkey: Lawyers (June 2013)

Turkey: Lawyers (May 2016)

Turkey: Lawyers and Judges (July 2016)

Turkey: Lawyers (October 2017)

Turkey: Arrests and detentions of lawyers Seher Acay, Fevzi Adsiz, Ziya Baği and Mahmut Bingöl (February 2017)

Turkey: Levent Piskin (January 2017)

Turkey: Muharrem Erbey (May 2017)

Turkey:  Mustafa Aydin (May 2018)

Turkey: Taner Kiliç and 22 additional lawyers (July 2017)

Turkey: Günal Kurşun and Nalan Erkem, trainee lawyer Şeyhmuz Özbekli and other human rights defenders (July 2017)

Ukraine: Iryna Nozdrovska (February 2018)

Ukraine: Tetyana Popova and Valeriy Rybalchenko (May 2017)

Ukraine: Yuri Grabovski (May 2016)

Uganda: Lawyers (February 2014)

United Arab Emirates (September 2012)

United Arab Emirates (July 2013)

Vietnam: Dai and Nhan (August 2007)

Vietnam: Le Quoc Quan (February 2013)

Vietnam: Le Quoc Quan (February 2014)

Vietnam: Nguyen Van Dai (February 2016)

Vietnam:  Nguyen Van Dai (May 2018)

Vietnam: Thanh (February 2007)

Vietnam: Tran Thu Nam and Le Luan (February 2016)

Venezuela: Afiuni (June 2010)

Venezuela: Afiuni (January 2012)

Venezuela: Afiuni (July 2013)

Venezuela: Juan Carlos Gutiérrez (July 2016)

Venezuela: Luisa Ortega Diaz (July 2017)

Venezuela: Wilkinson (November 2008)

Zambia: Oliver Holland (May 2017)

Zimbabwe: Mtetwa (April 2013)

Zimbabwe: Tsunga (July 2013)

Afghanistan: Women Judges (August 2021)
 Algeria: Ahmine Noureddine (April 2018)

Argentina: Nisman (April 2015) 

Azerbaijan: Intigam Aliyev (September 2014)

Azerbaijan: Elchin Sadigov (January 2017)

Bahrain: Taimoor Karimi (July 2016)

Bangladesh: Mir Ahmed Bin Quasem (February 2017)

Belarus: Leonid Sudalenko and Anatoly Poplavnyi (May 2017)

Belarus: Oleg Volchek (May 2017)

Brazil (November 2011)

Burundi: Disbarment of lawyers Vital Nshimirimana, Armel Niyongere, Dieudonné Bashirahishize and suspension of lawyer Lambert Nigarura (February 2017)

Cameroon: Felix Agbor Balla (February 2017)

Cameroon: Justice Paul Ayah Abine (May 2017)

Cameroon: Michel Togué (June 2017)
Canada (November 2008)

China (April 2012)

China (May 2011)

China (July 2010)

China (February 2010)

China (April 2008)

China (September 2013)

China: Gao Zhisheng (October 2017)
China: Jiang Tianyong (April 2019)
China: Jiang Tianyong (February 2018) 

China: Jiang Tianyong (February 2017)

China: Jiang Tianyong (October 2017)

China: Li Jinxing (February 2017)

China: Li Chunfu (May 2017)

China: Li Heping (May 2017)

China: Ni Yulan (June 2016)

China: Ni Yulan (February 2018)

China: Xie Yang and the detention of lawyer Chen Jiangang (May 2017

China: Xu Zhiyong (February 2014)

China: Shu Xiangxin (March 2016)

China: Sui Muqing (February 2018)

China: Tang Jingling (September 2014)

China: Pu Zhiqiang (September 2014)

China: Pu Zhiqiang (January 2016)

China: Wang Qiushi (February 2016)

China: Wang Quanzhang (October 2017)
China: Wang Quanzhang (February 2019)

China: Xia Lin (December 2016)

China: Yu Wensheng (February 2018)

China: Zhang Kai (May 2016)

China (Hong Kong): Benny Tai (May 2017)
China (Hong Kong): Jonathan Ross, Selma Masood, Hong Kong Law Society (September 2021)
China (Hong Kong): Arrest of Trustees (July 2022) 
Colombia: Daniel Ernesto Prado Albarracín (February 2019)

Colombia (June 2010)

Colombia: Torres (2012)

Colombia: Jhon Fredy Concha Valbuena and Jorge Enrique Belalcázar Gutierrez (May 2017)

Colombia: Yessika Hoyos and members of the Jose Alvear Restrepo Lawyers' Collective (CAJAR) (September 2016)

Congo: Sylva Mbikayi (August 2017)

Democratic Republic of Congo: Jean Kisumbule Muteba (July 2016)

Dominican Republic: Noemi Mendez (February 2017)

Dominican Republic:  Yuniol Ramirez Ferreras (January 2018)

Egypt (October 2014)

Egypt (June 2014)

Egypt: Azza Soliman (May 2015)
Egypt: Negad El-Borai (July 2016)
Egypt: Ibrahim Metwally Hegazy (October 2017)

Egypt: Malek Adly (February 2017)

Egypt: Mohamed Ramadan (May 2017)
Egypt: Azza Soliman (April 2018)

Egypt: Ezzat Ghonim (April 2018) 
Egypt: Haytham Mohamadeen (September 2018)
Egypt: Ezzat Ghoniem and Azzoz Mahgoub (December 2018)
Egypt: Mohamed El-Baqer (October 2021)

Equatorial Guinea (November 2012)

Gabon: Eric Iga Iga (February 2017)

Greece: Electra Koutra (January 2017)

Guatemala (May 2014)

Guatemala: Pedro Rafael Maldonado Flores (May 2017)

Guatemala: Ramón Cadena Rámila (December 2016)

Haiti: Michel (November 2013)

Honduras (November 2012)

Indonesia (October 2014)

Indonesia: Alldo Fellix Januardy (June 2016)

 Indonesia: Alldo Fellix Januardy (April 2018)

Indonesia: Tigor Gempita Hutapea and Obed Sakti Andre Dominika (May 2016)

India: Shalini Gera and Isha Khandelwal (January 2016)

India:  Rajat Kalsan (January 2018)
Iran: Amir Salar Davoudi (February 2019)
Iran: Amir Salar Davoudi (May 2019)
Iran: Nasrin Sotoudeh (April 2019)
Iran: Nasrin Sotoudeh (February 2019)
Iran: Nasrin Sotoudeh (September 2018)

Iran (January 2015)

Iran: Sotoudeh (November 2014)

Iran (May 2014)

Iran: Sotoudeh (October 2013)

Iran (April 2013)

Iran (April 2012)

Iran (October 2011)

Iran (January 2011)

Iran (November 2010)

Iran (October 2010)

Israel: Muhammed Allan (October 2017)

Kazakhstan: Talgat Ayanov (May 2017)

Kenya: Simon Lilan (February 2017)

Kenya: Willie Kimani (August 2016)

Kyrgyzstan - Vakhitov and Saliev (2015)

Libya: Bugaighis (2014)

Malaysia (October, 2014)

Malaysia (2010)

Malaysia: Adilur Rahman Khan (October 2017)

Malaysia Karen Cheah Yee Lynn, Charles Hector, Francis Pereira, and Shanmugam Ramasamy (May 2016)

Malaysia N. Surendran (August 2016)

Maldives (November 2017)

Morocco: Abdessadeq EL Bouchtaoui (November 2017)
Myanmar: Arrest and detention of lawyers and law students (March 2021)

Myanmar: Saw Kyaw Kyaw Min (September 2012)

Myanmar: Khin Khin Kyaw (January 2016) 

Myanmar: Robert Sann Aung (May 2017)
Myanmar: Thein Hlaing Tun and Ayeyar Lin Htut (June 2021)

Myanmar: U Ko Ni (February 2017)

Nauru: Peter Law and Geoffrey Eames (February 2014)

Nepal: Chief Justice Sushila Karki (June 2017)

Niger:  Lirwana Abdourahmane (May 2018)
Nigeria: Adeola Adebayo (February 2019)

Nigeria (February 2014)
Nigeria: Promise Frank Igwe (May 2019)

Omar Khadr (2008)
Pakistan: Saif ul-Malook (January 2019)

Pakistan (2007 - 2008)

Pakistan (July 2013)

Pakistan (June 2014)

Pakistan: Afridi (May 2015)

Pakistan: Bilal Anwar Kasi (August 2016)

Pakistan: Judges (March 2017)

Pakistan: Muhammad Jan Gigyani (May 2017)

Pakistan: threat of disbarment against lawyers (May 2017)
Philippines:  Rex Jasper Lopoz (April 2019)
Philippines: Benjamin Ramos (December 2018)

Philippines (May, 2015)

Philippines (November 2008)

Philippines (May 2014)

Philippines: Arlan Castañeda (February 2017)

Philippines: Mia Mascariñas-Green (May 2017)

Philippines: Senator Leila de Lima(May 2017)
Poland: Chief Justice and 26 other judges (September 2018)

Poland (November 2017)

Rwanda (2010)
Russia: Emil Kurbedinov (February 2019)
Russia: Lyudmila Aleksandrova (January 2019)
Russia: Mikhail Benyash (December 2018)

Russia (January 2015)

Russia (April 2012)

Russia (July 2013)

Russia: Bakhrom Khamroev (February 2017)

Russia: Emil Kurbedinov (May 2017)

Saudi Arabia: Abdulrahman Al Rumaih, Abdulrahman Al Subaihi and Bander Alnogaithan (November 2014)

Saudi Arabia: Waleed Abu al-Khair (September 2014)

Spain (April 2012)

Sri Lanka - Bandaranayake (January 2013)

Sri Lanka - Nimalka Fernando (February 2014)
Sri Lanka: Hizbullah (June 2021)

South Sudan: Dong Samuel Luak (February 2018)

Sudan (January 2015) 

Sudan (September 2012)

Sudan Nabeel Adib Abdallah (July 2016)

Sudan: Tasneem Ahmed Taha El Zaki (May 2017)

Sudan: Sharief (November 2013)

Syria (October 2012)

Syria (July 2013)

Syria (February 2014)

Syria: Khalil Ma'touq (January 2016)

Syria: Razan Zaitouneh (January 2016) 

Tajikistan (February 2015)

Tajikistan: Buzurgmehr Yorov (January 2016)

Tajikistan:  Buzurgmehr Yorov (January 2018)

Tajikistan: Jamshed Yorov (December 2016)

Tajikistan: Buzurgmehr Yorov and Nuriddin Makhkamov (January 2017)

Tajikistan: Buzurgmehr Yorov (June 2017)

Tajikistan: Fayzinisso Vohidova (June 2017)

Tajikistan: Muazzamakhon Kadirova (Muazzama Qodirova) (June 2017)

Thailand: Sirikan Charoensiri (May 2016)

Thailand: Prawet Prapanukul (May 2017)

Tunisia (November 2010)

Turkey (February 2013)

Turkey (June 2013)

Turkey (May 2014)

Turkey:  37 Turkish Lawyers (January 2018)

Turkey: 227 judges and prosecutors (May 2017)

Turkey: lawyers and judges (July 2016)

Turkey: Lawyers (October 2017)

Turkey: Istar Gozaydin (February 2017)

Turkey: nine human rights lawyers (May 2016)

Turkey: Levent Piskin (January 2017)

Turkey: Muharrem Erbey in Turkey (May 2017)

Turkey:  Mustafa Aydin (May 2018)

Turkey: Arrests and detentions of lawyers Seher Acay, Fevzi Adsiz, Ziya Baği and Mahmut Bingöl (February 2017)

Turkey: Taner Kiliç and 22 additional lawyers (July 2017)

Turkey: Günal Kurşun and Nalan Erkem, trainee lawyer Şeyhmuz Özbekli and other human rights defenders(July 2017)

Ukraine: Iryna Nozdrovska (February 2018)

Ukraine: Tetyana Popova and Valeriy Rybalchenko (May 2017)

Ukraine: Yuri Grabovski (May 2016)

Uganda (February 2014)

United Arab Emirates (September 2012)

United Arab Emirates (July 2013)

Venezuela - Judge Maria Lourdes Afiuni (January 2012)

Venezuela - Judge Maria Lourdes Afiuni (July 2013)

Venezuela: Juan Carlos Gutiérrez (July 2016)

Venezuela: Luisa Ortega Diaz (July 2017)

Vietnam: Le Quoc Quan (February 2013)

Vietnam: Le Quoc Quan (February 2014)

Vietnam: Nguyen Van Dai (January 2016)

Vietnam: Nguyen Van Dai (May 2018)

Vietnam: Tran Thu Nam and Le Luan (January 2016) 

Zambia: Oliver Holland (May 2017)

Zimbabwe (June 2008)

Zimbabwe (April 2013)

Zimbabwe (July 2013)

 

Petitions  

China: Arrest of large group of lawyers (July 2015)

Philippines: Attacks against lawyers escalating (September 2019)

 
Terms or Concepts Explained